Thrifted Throw Pillow

Day 2 

I love to wear old flannel shirts.  I always check the men's shirt aisle when we're at a thrift store.  I found this one last year, but it fit weird.

{Sorry for the fuzzy picture.  Our lens is being difficult or I would have tried again!}

I tried it on again this year and it's just too square.  I wasn't sure what to do with it, then I found House of Hawthornes and her DIY No-Sew Shirt Pillow.  I decided to try making a pillow out of my shirt.

First I cut my shirt into a square that I THOUGHT would fit my pillow (I even measured my pillow!).  Nope.  The first pillow was a little on the tubby side.  Second pillow was a little less tubby, but fit ok.  I decided to go for the SEW version, rather than the NO-sew.  I just put the pieces right sides together and sewed all the way around a couple times.  Before you go thinking I'm incapable...I sewed all the way around because I planned to use the buttons to open and close the pillow cover.

Here's what he looks like all finished.  (It was a man's shirt, so yes, the pillow is a "he".)

I put him out on the sun porch for now.  I tried to take pictures of the just cleaned porch for you, but my camera wouldn't cooperate.  I guess I'll save that for another blog post.

I have some shirt scraps left over and have plans for those as well!  Stay tuned...

I almost forgot to mention...The pillows are thrifted as well!  I have a little collection of thrifted down pillows.  I haven't paid more than $3 for any of them.  Usually they have ugly covers, but you can easily rip them off (or unzip them) and add your own cover.  (After washing of course!)

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